Strobist Photo Trade Secrets Volume 1: Expert Lighting Techniques

Paul Duncan

Umbrella Bounce In Your Stride

AN INEXPENSIVE FLASH and wireless trigger was all it took to turn a stroll in the park into a clever, graphically interesting image. In his photograph “Umbrella Bounce In Your Stride,” Paul Duncan takes a funny idea and elevates it to a great photograph by powering the flash above the ambient and firing it into the underneath of his umbrella. Too much power and the idea would have fallen apart into an overexposed mess, too little and it wouldn’t draw the eye.